News - Risk Assessment
01. January 2013, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Inge Werner new president of SETAC GLB
Inge Werner, Head of the Ecotox Centre, is the new president of the German Language Branch of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC GLB), the regional SETAC branch that represents the society's interests in the German-speaking countries and that organizes one scientific conference per year.
Read more26. November 2012, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Ecotox Centre suggests quality criteria for pesticides
On our homepage we list our quality criteria suggestions for numerous organic compounds: Now also values for eight pesticides (biocides and plant protection products) are included.
Read more31. January 2012, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
EU proposes EQS for new priority substances – Ecotox Centre contributed
Die EU Kommission schlägt 15 neue prioritäre Substanzen vor, die in Zukunft in EU-Oberflächengewässern unter der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie überwacht und kontrolliert werden sollen. An der Erarbeitung der neuen EU-Grenzwerte für diese Substanzen war auch das Oekotoxzentrum beteiligt.
Read more03. November 2011, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Ecotox Centre at TecDay in Frauenfeld
What are environmental hormones? How can they be deteced? The Ecotox Centre answered these and other questions to pupils of the Kantonsschule Frauenfeld at the TecDay on November 3, 2011.
Read more09. May 2011, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Assessment concept for micropollutants now also available in English
The concept for the assessment of water quality with respect to contamination with micropollutants has been published as a book chapter in English.
Read more15. April 2011, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Quality criteria for plant protection products
Effect-based quality criteria for plant protection products are necessary for the ecotoxicological assessment of surface water quality.
Read more01. March 2011, Topic: Risk Assessment , Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Mixture toxicity: what can research do and what does practice need?
In November 2010, the Ecotox Centre held a workshop to evaluate the state of the art and practical needs in the field of mixture toxicity. The participants discussed the regulatory challenges and formulated the need for action for the future.
Read more02. February 2011, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
SETAC Symposium on mixture toxicity: Ecotox Centre is co-organiser
The Ecotox Centre is the co-organiser of a SETAC Special Science Symposium on the topic of mixture toxicity.
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